External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 128373	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86905	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88320	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80126
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83120	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83241	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77021	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87731
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86925	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88100	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88325	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87797
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88608	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88230	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88261	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86451
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92004	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92605	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92148	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99823
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94621	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92248	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90851	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 88697
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86525	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 110316

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease